Topic: pops

5 Reasons To Make Your Own Pops This Summer

5 Reasons To Make Your Own Pops This Summer

As the weather heats up, it’s hard to resist frozen treats like ice cream cones and pops, but often, they’re full of sugar, artificial colors, and flavors that come from a lab instead of nature. That’s why we love people’s pops—a New York-based company that makes pops made of fresh produce and simple ingredients–no artificial anything required. And even better, they’re coming out with a new book full of pop recipes so that you can make them this summer, too. More »

3 Healthy Homemade Pop Recipes From people’s pops

3 Healthy Homemade Pop Recipes From people's pops

People’s pops started as a group of friends selling a delicious alternative to chemical- and preservative-laced frozen treats in New York City’s markets. But their pops became so popular that now, owners Joel Horowitz, David Carrell, and Nathali Jordi sell their pops in multiple shops and locations in the city, and are publishing their first book, “People’s Pops: 55 Recipes for Ice Pops, Shave Ice, and Boozy Pops from Brooklyn’s Coolest Pop Shop,” on June 5. They were generous enough to share three pop recipes from their new book, so you can make your own watermelon-parsley, raspberries-and-cream, or cantaloupe-and-campari pops for Memorial Day–and beyond. More »

Guilt-Free Summer Treat: Vegan Dark Chocolate Fudge Pop Recipe

Guilt-Free Summer Treat: Vegan Dark Chocolate Fudge Pop Recipe

Mmm, fudgesicles: The ultimate childhood summer sweet. And who’s to say you can’t enjoy them as an adult, too? Not Blisstree. But if you buy the packaged kind, you’re likely getting a mouthful of high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, aspartame and/or artificial flavoring (plus dairy, making them off-limits for vegans). You can make your own fudgesicles, though, with cacao powder, coconut oil, agave nectar and popsicle molds. Add a little sea salt and chili powder, and you’ve got a gourmet fudge-pop that’s both 100% raw and vegan and puts those packaged bars of yore to shame. More »

Chocolate Halloween Pops

Chocolate Halloween Pops

I think Halloween is one of the more fun holidays to decorate and plan for, especially if there’s a party or get-together involved! For Halloween especially, making decorations that are edible or that your guests can take home with them … More »